Direct Democracy identifies a mix of decentralisation and centralisation in Queen's Speech

The Direct Democracy group - established by Tory parliamentarians Douglas Carswell and Dan Hannan - has welcomed the moves towards 'people power' that are widely expected to be announced in today's Queen's Speech:

Directly elected police commissioners by local communities.

Devolution of powers to local councils and communities. Yesterday the Chancellor announced that most ringfencing of central-to-local government funding would be lifted.

A Great Repeal Bill for repealing burdensome and costly regulation.

Citizen’s initiatives in order to put forth both local and state referendums.

DD also listed six other initiatives that they hope to see the Coalition deliver in future:

A referendum on Britain's membership of the EU (as promised in the Liberal Democrat manifesto).

The power of recalling ethically questionable MPs should be triggered by local voters rather than - as the Coalition proposes - a group of politicians in SW1.